Deutsche Energy Terminal confirms Q1 LNG capacity bookings at two terminals

Germany's Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) has successfully auctioned three slots each for its Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuettel LNG terminals for the first three months this year, it said on Tuesday.

Pipeline gas supply from Russia to central Europe ended on January 1 so some affected countries are relying on alternative supply routes and more LNG deliveries.

"On Monday, December 23, Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) marketed new capacities for the regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuettel terminals for the months of January, February and March 2025," the company said in a statement.

The operator had initially announced that the Wilhelmshaven terminal on Germany's North Sea coast would lay idle during the first quarter, but later decided to offer capacity after all.

DET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German Government and both Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuettel are floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) that were installed to counter the loss of Russian pipeline supply to Germany in 2022.

As of January 1 this year, Russian gas transit via Ukraine which supplied some eastern European countries came to an end, seeing an uptake in flows via Germany and helped by the scrapping of a controversial German fee at cross-border points.

Capacities for the remainder of 2025 and beyond would be offered in late January or early February, with the exact dates yet to be announced, DET said.

(Reporting by Nora Buli; editing by Nina Chestney)